Monday 28 January 2013 15.00 EST
First published on Monday 28 January 2013 15.00 EST

The Mary Berry Story8pm, BBC2

Proving just how important The Great British Bake Off has become to Auntie's scheduling, the apostle of flour power gets the chance to look back at her life. Mary Berry is 77, so there's plenty of life to cover. It's a tale that begins with a childhood in Bath during the second world war and encompasses memories of a stern father, contracting polio as a teenager, and, as an ambitious young woman, making her way in the world in the London of the 1960s. Plus, she shares favourite recipes. Jonathan Wright

Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 8pm, Eden

Despite 60 years of broadcasting, David Attenborough is still pumping out so many new shows that you wonder if he's discovered a way to clone himself. Fresh from BBC2's 60 Years In The Wild, Sky1's Galapagos 3D, and BBC1's Africa, Sir Dave finds time to return to Eden with this look at some of the most evolutionarily bizarre beasts prowling the planet. The first coupling of uncommon creatures: the giraffe and the chameleon, both covered with his reassuringly steady style. Entertainingly, it also includes, a lizard–themed take on Blind Date, which isn't as bad as it sounds. Mark Jones

Dallas9pm, Channel 5

Dallas is back for another series of oil–drilling, smirking and much flinging on beds of jobless women in saucy lingerie. The younger generation of Ewing men are gorgeously groomed and totally focused on double–crossing each other to gain control of the company, while elsewhere there's Christopher's divorce and Ann's scandalous past to keep up on. Watching the late Larry Hagman's final episodes, however, is bittersweet. Hannah Verdier

Jonathan Meades: The Joy Of Essex9pm, BBC4

Wonderful, esoteric to–ing and fro–ing from Jonathan Meades as he saunters around one of the most beautiful counties in England, hands in pockets, kicking aside entrenched stereotypes as he goes. He grabs you by the collar and twirls you round the Essex countryside, past art deco houses built 100 years too soon, a publess Frinton–on–Sea, and the modernist village created by Thomas Bata, uttering profound titbits as he goes. Pure enjoyment from start to finish. Julia Raeside

American Horror Story: Asylum10pm, Fox

Showrunner Ryan Murphy has promised there will only be "only one person left standing after the season finale", so steel yourself for an ultra–macabre send–off. While the first AHS was supernatural, this series has primarily concerned itself with human cruelty; as such it's been easier to make an emotional investment in the drama, which is consistently excellent, and not a little harrowing. Tonight, Bloodyface Jr continues to have mother issues, somebody gets married and almost everyone will die. Obviously. Rebecca Nicholson

Utopia10pm, Channel 4

Dennis Kelly's conspiracy thriller was toying with us until now, it seems. This week's episode may well find itself in the headlines, thanks to its horrifyingly brutal prologue, conducted in a cold and startlingly blank manner. Whether or not it is dramatically necessary will be debated, so it's a risky gambit. Whatever, the black comedy of episodes one and two seems depleted, which feels like the right decision. Jessica (Fiona O'Shaughnessy) is intent on finding out where Grant (Oliver Woollford), has hidden the manuscript for Utopia Part Two. We also learn more about Arby (Neil Maskell) and how he fits into this wretched scheme. Ben Arnold